Originally Posted by
NoGround 
Freedom,
There is so much life experience in your response--thank you.
I can't begin to wrap my mind around what it must've taken for you to pull yourself up out of the muck, get clean, go to school, and make a new life for yourself.
Was there one particular thing that made you say "enough"?
Also, OT here, I love the photos of your dogs. I want dogs really badly, but it's not the right time in my life. I made liver brownies last week for some dogs who live down the street.
My epiphany was a culmination of many things, not the least of which was my EXAH going to rehab, and there was nothing left between me and me. I no longer had him to focus on.
No one was left to pick me up. The pain was so great that I finally cried out to God that I didn't want to go on living that way anymore.
I was carrying 109 pounds on a 6' frame, was pregnant, and had blown out all the veins in my arms from chronic IV drug use.
It's nothing short of a miracle that I am here today, clean and sober.
PS. My zoo crew is my second set of kids! I love them dearly!
